So far as I am aware, no group of people has managed to achieve anything even remotely similar
I doubt that the NSDAP of 1930 had any particular “secret sauce” for goal achievement; right place, right time, luck, populism and ambition seems to explain them. Also, as a matter of fact, they lost so badly and in such a horrific way that the agenda of white/aryan power has been badly damaged; they managed to actually anti-optimize their goal!
The real, human world seems to demand a time/context-varying skillset for goal achievement, and the context of 2010 MEDCs is the one of most interest.
“right place, right time, luck, populism and ambition seems to explain them.”
Even if luck is a big factor (which it probably is), if rationality is important, you’d still expect pretty much all the successful groups to have above-average rationality. Everyone agrees, for instance, that luck is a big factor in your ability to become an actor, yet pretty much all actors have above-average physical attractiveness.
“Also, as a matter of fact, they lost so badly and in such a horrific way that the agenda of white/aryan power has been badly damaged; they managed to actually anti-optimize their goal!”
My point was that rationalists generally won on the scale of nations/civilizations/decades, but didn’t have a big advantage on the scale of individuals/small groups/minutes to years.
Also, as a matter of fact, they lost so badly and in such a horrific way that the agenda of white/aryan power has been badly damaged; they managed to actually anti-optimize their goal!
Not to disagree with the particular example, but be careful to distinguish between slogans and actual goals. Names are often villanized without actually tainting the meaning.
I doubt that the NSDAP of 1930 had any particular “secret sauce” for goal achievement; right place, right time, luck, populism and ambition seems to explain them. Also, as a matter of fact, they lost so badly and in such a horrific way that the agenda of white/aryan power has been badly damaged; they managed to actually anti-optimize their goal!
The real, human world seems to demand a time/context-varying skillset for goal achievement, and the context of 2010 MEDCs is the one of most interest.
I agree with the overall point, though.
“right place, right time, luck, populism and ambition seems to explain them.”
Even if luck is a big factor (which it probably is), if rationality is important, you’d still expect pretty much all the successful groups to have above-average rationality. Everyone agrees, for instance, that luck is a big factor in your ability to become an actor, yet pretty much all actors have above-average physical attractiveness.
“Also, as a matter of fact, they lost so badly and in such a horrific way that the agenda of white/aryan power has been badly damaged; they managed to actually anti-optimize their goal!”
My point was that rationalists generally won on the scale of nations/civilizations/decades, but didn’t have a big advantage on the scale of individuals/small groups/minutes to years.
Not to disagree with the particular example, but be careful to distinguish between slogans and actual goals. Names are often villanized without actually tainting the meaning.